Amdo Attractions

Labrang Tashikyil Monastery or simply Labrang, was founded in 1710 by the First Jamyang Zhepa, Ngawang Tsondru (1648-1722), in the Amdo province of northeastern Tibet. It lies 250 kilometers southwest of Lanzhou, and is presently included in southwestern Gansu Province of China, near the border of Qinghai Province. It is …

Qinghai in summer months The largest mountain lake without a river outlet in Central Asia, it is located in a depression of the Dola Mountain range, its surface at an elevation of about 10,500 feet (3,200 metres) above sea level. Qinghai lake in August The length of the lake approaches …